100 years of gravity and accelerated frames : the deepest insights of Einstein and Yang-Mills /

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Annotation This collection of papers presents ideas and problems arising over the past 100 years regarding classical and quantum gravity, gauge theories of gravity, and spacetime transformations of accelerated frames. Both Einstein's theory of gravity and the Yang?Mills theory are gauge invaria...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hsu, J. P. (Jong-Ping), Fine, Dana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ ; London : World Scientific, ©2005.
Series:Advanced series on theoretical physical science ; v. 9.
Subjects:
Gravitation.
Relativity (Physics)
Einstein field equations.
Yang-Mills theory.
Gravitation
Relativité (Physique)
Équations du champ d'Einstein.
Théorie de Yang-Mills.
SCIENCE > Physics > Relativity.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The dawn of gravitation
  • Einstein's deepest insight and its early impacts
  • The scalar-tensor theory of gravity
  • Yang-Mills' deepest insight and its relation to gravity
  • Accelerated frames: Generalizing the Lorentz transformations
  • Quantum gravity and 'Ghosts'
  • Gauge theories of gravity
  • Alternate approaches to gravity: Roads less traveled by
  • Experimental tests of gravitational theories
  • Other perspectives.

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